Wearing apparel



May 20, 1941. .1.A MUHR WEARING APPAREL Filed Jan. 4, 1939I INVENTOR ATTOR EY which juncture is APatented May 20, 1941 2,242,365 WEARING APPAREL John Muhr, Osborn, Ohio Application January 4, 1939, serial 10,249,232

1 Claim.

invention relates to wearing apparel and upper garment and a.

This more particularly to an lower garment, such as -trousers.

An object of this invention is to provide an upper garment and a lower garment united along` the belt with a slide fastener.

Another object of this invention is to provide a juncture between the shirt and formed by a concealed slide fastener.

Another object of this invention is to provide an upper garment member and a lower garment member joined at the waist line by a slide fastener concealed by a belt integral with one of the garments.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combined shirtand trousers assembly that is economically produced, neat in appearance, simulating conventional shirts and trousers; but at the same time, more dependable and comfortable to wear.

Other objects and advantages reside in the construction of parts, the combination thereof and the mode of operation, as will become more apparent from the following description.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 discloses a fragmentary, perspective view of the preferred embodiment, with the belt loosened.

Figure 2 discloses a fragmentary, perspective view of a modification, with the belt in position.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of the juncture at the waist line of a shirt with a pair of trousers, taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure l, wherein the belt concealing the slide fastener is integral with the trousers.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view similar to Figure 3, showing a modification, wherein the belt is integral with the shirt. l

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view of another modification, showing the belt secured in position along the upper edge of .the trousers.

Figure 6 discloses a cross sectional view of the upper portion of the trousers, showing a method of attaching the belt for concealing the slide fastener. l

In the past it has been conventional style for men to wear a shirt that reaches a considerable distance below the waist line, which shirt is tucked beneath the trousers. While working, or for that matter while at play, there is a tendency for the shirt to work out of the trousers, especially when the clothing is made from certain types of materials which have a tendency a shirt and a pair of the trousers,

to creep. For some types of working clothes this diculty has been overcome by the use of what is generally referred to as unionalls or overalls, where the trousers and upper garment suspended from the shoulders are made into a unitary piece.

` Generally such garments are made of a common that is, the materials of the upper portion and the lower portion of the garment are the same. Such garments are ideally suited for some types of workmen, such as mechanics and the like. On the other hand, such garments are not suited and are not well received by the public where a neat'er attire is required.

This has been. overcome in the preferred embodiment and the various modications shown herein, by providing a waist length shirt having a -stringer provided with metallic interlocking members cooperating with like metallic members attached to another stringersewed to the top of the trousers to hold the shirt and trousers together along the waist line. For some purposes, these stringers, cooperating to form a slide fastener, may be concealed by a belt that may be made from the same material as the trousers, or the same material as the shirt, or a different material, which belt conceals the fastener, so that the finished article simulates a conventional material,

shirt used with conventional trousers. This rebetween the shirt and sults in a very dependable structure, saves materials, in that the length of the shirtmay be shortened, eliminates the use of Suspenders and if desirable, eliminates the use of an extra belt.'

The resulting structure eliminates the creeping effect of shirttails and insures a positive union the trousers.

Referring to Figure l disclosing the preferred embodiment, the reference character I indicates a waist length shirt attached to the trousers 2 along the waist line by a slide fastener. This A slide fastener has been shown schematically in Figure l. Referring to Figure 3, the juncture between the shirt l and the trousers 2 may include a fastener consisting of metallic interlocking members 3a of stringers 3 and 4 respectively extending along opposite sides of the slit between the shirt I and the trousers 2. These metallic members are made to join by means of a slide 20 shown schematically in Figure 1. This slide engages the projections and the recesses of the Vinterlocking members 3a and 4a and fasten the two stringers and their respective garments together. The interlocking arrangement is achieved by means of the fitting of projections upon the metallic' members into the corresponding recesses. This and 4,0. disposed along the edges accompanies the shirt.

type'of fastener has come lar languageas slider making a quickly across the stringers.

As may be seen by referring to Figure 3. the stringer 3 is sewed by seam l to the lower edge of the shirt i. The stringer 4 is sewed by seam 6 to a fold along the top ofthe trousers 2. As maybe clearly seen by referring to Figure 3,

to be known in poputhe zipper, probably due to the saving the material that goes into the inanuifacture'v of a tail.

In the modification' disclosed in Figure 4, the Stringer 3 is sewed to the lower edge of the shirt I and the stringer I is sewed to the upper-part of the trousers 2. A belt 5a in this modification has been attached to the stringer 3 and to the lower edge o f 'the shirt l, so that when 'the slide fastener is open and the shirt v seam at sers and a second folded portion extending downl oi' the trousers.

the beit to the troulation with respectl to the slide fastener, so that When a belt Although the invention has been described principally in connection with a shirt and a pair of trousers, this invention is equally as applicable to other outer garments used b as for example, it may be -used blouse and dened in the Having thus upwardly bebody portion of the distance substantially equal to width of said belt so as to conceal JOHN MUHR.

lower garment a one half the lthe fasteners. 

